History Main / BaldOfEvil

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Gru starts out a VillainProtagonist with baldness and other ObviouslyEvil trappings, but ends up [[HeelFaceTurn reforming]] at the end of the film, but of course he still maintains his baldness along with [[ReformedButNotNamed a somewhat villainous attitude]].

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Similarly, Gru may also count.

Taking this trope way beyond its logical extreme, occasional ''very'' {{mad scientist|s}} will also shave off their skin and the top of their skull, leaving their {{brain|InAJar}}s completely exposed.

* The two main male villains of ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'', [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Paradim]] and [[MadScientist Dr. Hiss]] are both bald.

Taking this trope way beyond its logical extreme, occasional ''very'' [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil mad]] [[MadScientist scientists]] will also shave off their skin and the top of their skull, leaving their {{brain|InAJar}}s completely exposed.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Lordgenome. Also has the AntiHero goatee. And epic chest hair. And his scalp catches fire when he does awesome things such as beating the crap out of mechas with his bare hands.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample*** [[spoiler:Even The Anti-Spiral fits this trope.]]

* In an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead,'' [[spoiler:Shane]] is shown shaving his head soon after he shot someone in the leg as a diversion to escape some zombies.

* As in the comic book, in ''The Walking Dead,'' Alpha is a ruthless NietzscheWannabe, a ruthless murderer, and an abusive mother, who shaves her head.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-973 SCP-973 ("Smokey")]]. He appears to be a balding Caucasian male. He ruthlessly kills speeders in horrible ways, including evisceration and rape.

* Gluttony of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', although he's actually not nearly as evil as many of the other homunculi, but more of a PsychopathicManchild.

* From the cosmic side of Marvel there's Comicbook/{{Nebula}}, who lost her long hair along with [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul becoming a very mean cyborg.]]

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* [[spoiler: The Chairman]] in ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''.

* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'' has [[VillainProtagonist Jade's]] foreman [[EnigmaticMinion Blankman]], who is bald''ing'' if not completely bald. And he's LawfulEvil at worst, but is still a criminal. There's also [[DarkActionGirl Hebi]], who is left completely hairless by the process of [[spoiler: transforming and brainwashing her]].

* In ''Film/{{Clownhouse}}'', the lead escaped psychopath--who assumed the identity of head clown Cheezo--has a shaved head.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** [[spoiler: Jasper Sitwell]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

* Fletcher in ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' is an over-the-top SadistTeacher who runs his jazz band like a boot camp. He's willing to verbally and physically abuse his students in the name of pushing them past their limits, and it's suggested that this treatment [[spoiler: caused a former student to commit suicide.]]

* Rare female example: in Creator/IanMcDonald's ''Desolation Road,'' [[spoiler: Arnie Tenebrae]] becomes a psychotic, sadistic warlord. At one point, it's mentioned: "She was busy shaving her head."

* In ''Literature/TheDeadZone'', Johnny sees Greg Stillson becoming President and this leading to a nuclear holocaust. In the vision, Stillson has lost almost all of his hair. This leads Johnny to believe it's far enough in the future that he can just wait and see how things develop, rather than take action immediately. [[spoiler: Until, that is, Johnny learns he has a brain tumor and won't be around to take action for much longer....]]

* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Orcs are usually the other trope, but Eric meets the exception to this rule in ''Literature/AMagesPower''. Tahart Ligo is gluttonous, specist, commits unlawful action and [[spoiler: is a rapist]]. "Brute" associations are appropriate here. Eric himself believes him to be a monster.

* Mostly averted in ''Literature/TheBadUnicornTrilogy'', where the sorcerers of the Wizard's Tower, good or evil, often lose their hair as a result of practicing magic. Because of this, there is an entire Guild of Toupee Makers who sell toupees made from [[spoiler: the fur of fluff dragons]] to wizards. Played straight with EvilSorcerer Rezormoor Dreadbringer, who is one of their customers.

* In ''The Lies of Locke Lamora,'' the Falconer, who is [[spoiler:The Dragon,]] is a ruthless, sadistic multiple murder. He is still in his twenties but "his hair was already beating a retreat to the back of his head"--also making him Prematurely Bald.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** [[spoiler: Davos]] in ''Series/IronFist2017''

* Wrestling/CelticChampionshipWrestling has two particularly evil characters who are bald - DarkMessiah Xavier Burns and AxCrazy Bedlam Billy.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* [[spoiler: Mr. Blank]] from ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5''.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* [[spoiler: Andre Oliveri]] from ''VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault''.

** Uldred, Caladrius, [[spoiler: and Zathrian]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' all fit the trope.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Hans is an AxCrazy soldier of Nohr with a shaved bald head and a desire to get ahead in life, no matter who he has to kill or torture. He also was a former criminal who committed many offenses before King Garon pardoned him. Fittingly, he's of the Berserker class. Fuga is a subversion though: yes, the Avatar has to fight him in all three paths, but it's more because of a SecretTestOfCharacter rather than him being evil (and misunderstandings due to Nohrian trickery). Once the Avatar proves his/her worthiness to Fuga, he becomes more helpful, providing the army with valuable information in all three paths, an ally in his adopted son Hayato in ''Birthright'' and ''Revalations'' [[spoiler: and eventually joins the army himself in ''Revelations''.]] As a monk, he fits the exception to the trope.

* Baron Ünterbheit in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. The show, however, also subverts this trope in that Rusty Venture is bald and Brock shaves his head at the end of Season 3. On the other hand, it might not be so much of a subversion, when you consider the fact that it would be difficult indeed to ever see Rusty or Brock as anything close to being GOOD - one's a {{Jerkass}} and the other is a SociopathicHero.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Eustace can lean towards this trope at times, especially in the infamous episode "Ball of Revenge", [[spoiler: where he hired Courage's past foes to murder Courage and would even go as far to use Muriel as bait to do so]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': While being masked for most of the series, once The Huntsman reveals his face [[spoiler: (in his last five or so minutes left of screen time before he gets KilledOffForReal)]], he fits the bill.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Blind Ivan in "Society of the Blind Eye" is the head of a secret organization that erases people's memories against their will. Not only is he bald, but he has a phrenology map tattooed on his head, making him look even ''scarier''. [[spoiler: This becomes subverted by the end after his own memory gets erased, causing him to become a traveling banjo minstrel called Toot-Toot [=McBumbersnazzle=].]]

* In ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'', three morally questionable characters are bald, though ''most'' morally questionable characters are not.

* ''Webcomic/{{TREVOR}}'': Downplayed: Dr. Smithe has a combover, and wistfully admits that he will miss the sound of Trevor’s screams.

->''"Did you know that bald people are 300 times more likely to commit burglaries and blow up [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding empty warehouses]] than people with hair? Here at Stark Center for Advanced Rejuvenation Sciences, let us help you keep your hair, and in turn, help keep you out of prison."''

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** Thanos in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' has Arkham. Complete with [[GoodScarsEvilScars giant freaking scar]] over half his face.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Patches from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Zaheer in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.

* Apparently averted with the Lex Luthor in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' (1978), until he's thrown into prison at the end of the movie and removes his toupee during an angry rant. Likewise Lex in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' is younger than normally portrayed and has long flowing locks. But when he's thrown into a maximum security prison at the end of the movie, his head is shaved by the prison guards.

For the ultimate combination, supply a bald villain with a VillainousGoatee. This trope is also a function of GoodHairEvilHair. CreepyHairlessAnimal and CirclingVultures are animal equivalents.

Whatever the original reason, Hair Hates Evil, and about the only times you'll see a kind and moral character without his (or her) hair will be when it's an egg-headed [[TheSmartGuy smart guy]] (who's [[ComicBook/XMen probably also in a wheelchair]]), a Buddhist monk, a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, or the LittlestCancerPatient.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Cypher from ''Film/TheMatrix''. BaldBlackLeaderGuy Morpheus gets a pass.

* ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo: Hans Welterschmertz Gruber is bald and [[ThoseWackyNazis a “Greedy Nazi”]]. Norbert Nuskle, [[BalefulPolymorph Cliff]] [[QuackingUp Carlson’s]] ex-boss, is also bald, but he’s just a {{Jerkass}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' foe Sedusa became this after she lost her hair. (In fact, that was the motive for her RoaringRampageOfRevenge.) It didn't seem to hurt her skills as a FemmeFatale, however, as she was able to use her charms to coerce the Gangrene Gang into working for her.